Went to Catch the Breeze, which was much quieter this year. Then actually flew a kite; first time in ages, it was ace! #stunt
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11th April 2012 - Enjoyed the promenade, which is rather tastefully appointed these days; on the seaward side, at least. The comedy pavement is pretty cool. Got lucky with the weather, and the sun explains some of the wonky shots - couldn't see the screen. The boys really enjoyed themselves, despite the fact we hit a Sea Life centre about every 6 months, on average.
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In a rare and happy confluence of an afternoon off work during term-time (no kids) and nice weather, I finally got round to more thoroughly checking out Slape Lane, a bridleway running between Vicarage Lane in Burton-in-Kendal and the road leading up to Farleton Moor through Clawthorpe. The whole stretch is no more than a mile and a quarter, but there's an interesting variety of terrain, from the field of grass leading up to the woods from the Clawthorpe end, to some impossible rocky, rooty, muddy, and steep sections in those same woods. In fact, after the fields, Â I thought the whole route was going to be a washout. After a couple of hundred yards though, the worst (impossible) section is done, and there's maybe 3/4s of a mile of doable trail, some rather like single track it's so narrow (though dry-stone walled), some very rooty, some with lots of limestone pavement with lovely little natural ramps and drops, some fast sections, some very slow. A nice section to get a bit of flow going, but still with plenty of challenges along the way to keep the concentration up and to feel like an achievement when successfully overcome (the one feature that did cause me to UPD a couple of times was the 'gravel puddle' - sections where the stone had shattered and worn into pools of stones of nearly the size of a tennis ball, small enough to move under the rubber, but not so small that one can simply splash on through).
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